Noosa Council is working with our neighbours to showcase the region’s heritage and good design.
As with the Sunshine Coast, the evolution of Noosa’s built form began with the indigenous inhabitants, followed by timber getters, fisher folk and subsistence farmers who used natural materials to build simple structures.
Quality design has been respected as integral to the region’s evolution and in creating a connection between natural spaces and the built environment. In the early 1980s, Noosa Council wanted to shape development in a way that preserved and enhanced natural assets and a low-key, village feel.
In 1986, the Noosa Council’s Design Manual focused on the visual appeal of the street and its interface with private development.
This style has been continued on in recent years with many architects, environmental planners, landscape architects and environmental engineers, committed to preserving the shire’s identity.
I wish to pay particular tribute to Peter Bycroft, John Mainwaring, Lindy Aitken and Noel Robinson who have been advocating in recent years for Noosa Council to update its Noosa Design Principles to something akin to the excellent contemporary Sunshine Coast Design Principles and Yellow Book, help ensure ongoing good design. This is still a work in progress.
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